Pink: 'The Truth About Love' - Album review

You only have to read the title of Pink's latest single 'Blow Me (One Last Kiss)' to realize that marriage and motherhood hasn't softened her. It's a good job too, given that her in-yer-face innuendo, horizontal attitude and brash charm has so far given her five hugely successful albums and an impressive singles catalog that includes 16 top ten hits.

There's certainly no shortage of any of the above in 'Blow Me', which sees her throwing in the towel on a relationship in a typically inelegant fashion as she blasts: "You think I'm just too serious/ I think you're full of s**t." That it's told over a stampede of bass drums, snappy guitars and bonkers, hawkish sirens puts to bed any notion that she's lost her sense of humor or the ability to laugh at herself.

As such, it's largely business as usual for the bulk of The Truth About Love. Future single 'Try' is a ballad of the stadium-filling, lighter-waving variety, 'True Love' - a duet with semi-retired Lily Allen - finds her in the common predicament of being in a love-hate relationship, while husband-hating 'The Truth About Love' is a ballsy confessional that sees the singer attempt to make sense of it all, angrily concluding: "The truth about love is it's all a lie."

On paper it sounds like box ticking, but sharp lyrics - largely from the woman herself and long-time collaborator Greg Kurstin - intriguing collaborations with fun.'s Nate Reuss and Eminem, and her ability to flit from brattish tongue-in-cheek on 'Slut Like You' to the achingly sad on 'Beam Me Up' is enough to keep things fresh. There's fat that could have been trimmed towards the finish, but the result nonetheless is a fierce and thoroughly entertaining record from a woman who proves that growing up doesn't get any easier.